Who won Iowa in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Iowa in 1964, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Iowa have in 1964?

Iowa cast 9 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Iowa vote for the national winner in 1964?

Yes. Iowa backed Lyndon B. Johnson, who won the presidency that year.

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1964

Iowa: Johnson carries 9 EV.

Iowa cast its 9 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Iowa voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Iowa, 1964

In 1964, Iowa awarded its 9 electoral votes to Johnson of the Democratic party. Iowa ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

Johnson's win closed out Iowa's 3-election run of voting Republican. Iowa did not move alone — neighboring Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota broke the same way in 1964. Across the 47 presidential elections Iowa has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Lyndon B. Johnson took 486 of the 538 electoral votes, against Barry Goldwater's 52. Lyndon B. Johnson led the national popular vote with 61.05% of the ballots cast.

The 1964 national map

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